Rocky Linux is a rebuild of RHEL using end-runs around the RHEL EULA. Whether you like the RH EULA or not, that still puts Rocky on shaky ground.
AlmaLinux is built from the same CentOS Sources as RHEL and patches faster, with no legal shenanigans, and, unlike Rocky Linux, is backed by an actual non-profit community that is not dominated by a single company.
To me, AlmaLinux is the true community successor to legacy CentOS.
Fully agree. Alma is the true continuation of CentOS IMHO. The Alma team has developed some serious chops, and contributes to the ecosystem as well. The Alma team is doing things the right way, and I have a lot of respect and appreciation for them.
That is really interesting to hear! I am quite cautious about what I do in any environment, of course. How would you say WSL without windows defender compares (security-wise) with say, running equivalent operations with homebrew or macports in OS X? Or just in vanilla bare-metal linux?
On a technical level Ubuntu 18.04 is based on a mix of Debian stable and testing with Canonical's additions.
Pengwin is primarily Debian testing, with some stable and some unstable here and there.
Pengwin configures dozens of settings for WSL and has optional WSL-specific features.
Settings are delivered by pengwin-base and features can be configured with pengwin-setup.
You could probably spend hours implementing these features on your own each time you have to install Ubuntu on a new Windows device.
But by purching Pengwin you support open source indie devs that handle it for you, answer bug reports, constantly add new featres, and are available for support.
The readme is very vague about what Pengwin's features and differences actually are, and gives me no solid reasons to switch from Ubuntu, which already seems well-suited to WSL. Am I correct that trying Pengwin requires paying and installing through the Microsoft Store, even though it's open source?
We alter dozens of settings to defaults that make sense for the WSL environment. Unlike the other distributions available for WSL, Pengwin is designed for WSL first.
You are correct. This is for contributors to get paid to add features they want to see in the project. I wish we had more applications under the grant program.
AlmaLinux is built from the same CentOS Sources as RHEL and patches faster, with no legal shenanigans, and, unlike Rocky Linux, is backed by an actual non-profit community that is not dominated by a single company.
To me, AlmaLinux is the true community successor to legacy CentOS.